Travel Tips for Santa Fe, NM (Also visit the Albuquerque Page): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albuquerque Wikitravel Website:http://wikitravel.org/en/Albuquerque Santa Fe Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Santa_Fe,NM Taos Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Taos New Mexico Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/New_Mexico ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Claudia Courtney - December 2013:
We just returned from a 3 night stay in Santa Fe. We stayed in a cute little adobe B&B, Pueblo Bonito (Website: http://www.pueblobonitoinn.com/?gclid=CMS-toy-lLsCFRaTfgodZDcAXw ). Very nice accommodations. All the rooms are quaint and have a small kitchen, which is great to bring home left overs or store your beer and wine. They have a nice continental breakfast and hard boiled eggs if you need protein in the morning like I do but not cooked breakfast. It is a 10-15 minute walk to the plaza. We spent 2 solid days wandering the plaza and Canyon road. We had a car but we basically walked most everywhere. The plaza is so amazing and fun. The galleries on Canyon road were fabulous. We also went to the Georgia O'Keefe museum (if you are a Denver museum member and have a membership that is reciprocal they will honor it.) O'Keefe Museum Website: http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ . The Andrew Smith Gallery of Photography (Website: http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/ ) was fantastic. They had an Ansell Adams exhibit that was great! Good restaurants that we went to were: The Blue Corn Café and Brewery (Website: http://www.bluecorncafe.com/ ), Pasqual's (Website: http://pasquals.com/The_Menus/index.html ), Jambo Café (Website: http://www.jambocafe.net/our-menu/ ) where you do need a car, and Caribbean (Website: http://www.yelp.com/biz/caribbean-kitchen-santa-fe ) which was our favorite on a recommendation from Miki Dubois. We also went to Tia Sophia's (Website: http://www.yelp.com/biz/tia-sophias-santa-fe ) for breakfast and it was good. I have it on good authority (Miki) that the Kakawa Chocolate House (Website: http://www.kakawachocolates.com/ ) is a great place for Mexican hot chocolate. We never made it but we tried twice: 20 minutes too early and then 20 minutes too late. Enjoy Santa Fe!
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Albuquerque Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Albuquerque
Santa Fe Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Santa_Fe,NM
Taos Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Taos
New Mexico Wikitravel Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/New_Mexico
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Claudia Courtney - December 2013:
We just returned from a 3 night stay in Santa Fe. We stayed in a cute little adobe B&B, Pueblo Bonito (Website:
http://www.pueblobonitoinn.com/?gclid=CMS-toy-lLsCFRaTfgodZDcAXw ). Very nice accommodations. All the rooms are quaint and have a small kitchen, which is great to bring home left overs or store your beer and wine. They have a nice continental breakfast and hard boiled eggs if you need protein in the morning like I do but not cooked breakfast. It is a 10-15 minute walk to the plaza. We spent 2 solid days wandering the plaza and Canyon road. We had a car but we basically walked most everywhere. The plaza is so amazing and fun. The galleries on Canyon road were fabulous. We also went to the Georgia O'Keefe museum (if you are a Denver museum member and have a membership that is reciprocal they will honor it.) O'Keefe Museum Website:
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ . The Andrew Smith Gallery of Photography (Website: http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/ ) was fantastic. They had an Ansell Adams exhibit that was great! Good restaurants that we went to were: The Blue Corn Café and Brewery (Website: http://www.bluecorncafe.com/ ), Pasqual's (Website: http://pasquals.com/The_Menus/index.html ), Jambo Café (Website: http://www.jambocafe.net/our-menu/ ) where you do need a car, and Caribbean (Website:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/caribbean-kitchen-santa-fe ) which was our favorite on a recommendation from Miki Dubois. We also went to Tia Sophia's (Website: http://www.yelp.com/biz/tia-sophias-santa-fe ) for breakfast and it was good. I have it on good authority (Miki) that the Kakawa Chocolate House (Website: http://www.kakawachocolates.com/ ) is a great place for Mexican hot chocolate. We never made it but we tried twice: 20 minutes too early and then 20 minutes too late. Enjoy Santa Fe!
Claudia Courtney
Mike Summers - October 2011:
I decided to do a day trip to Santa Fe by way of Albuquerque. It had been a few years since I had been to Santa Fe. I discovered that this is a great one-day, two-day (even better), or three-day trip (best). If you rent a car (ideal for a one-day trip), Santa Fe is a one hour drive north of ABQ by way of Interstate 25. You can also take the Rail Runner train that connects both cities. Here's the website for the Rail Runner (Website: http://www.nmrailrunner.com/ ). Without renting a car, you can take the Route 250 Bus from the ABQ airport to the downtown Albuquerque train station (Website: http://www.cabq.gov/transit/documents/pdfs/rt_250_wkd_8-27-2011.pdf ). Currently, a one way ticket is $7.00 one way from ABQ to Santa Fe downtown. Because of the schedule, you can only use the train if you're planning a two-day or more trip. Otherwise, you should rent a car. As far as Santa Fe, here's some websites: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501977-santa_fe_vacations-i or http://santafe.org/ or http://visitsantafe.com/ . I enjoyed eating at La Casa Sena (Website:
http://www.lacasasena.com/main_dining.html ) or Tiny's (Website: http://www.visitsantafe.com/navigate.cfm?nav=businesspage.cfm_businessid=1150 ) or the San Francisco Bar and Grill (Website: http://www.sanfranbargrill.com/ ). I also visited the Santa Fe Brewing Company which is on Interstate 25 and Highway 14 (Website: http://www.santafebrewing.com/about_us ). They don't serve food there, but the beer is tasty. I would also recommend the Blue Corn Cafe and Brewery (Website: http://bluecorncafe.com/ ). There's lots to do in Santa Fe, and Taos is only a few miles northeast of the city (websites: http://taoswebb.com/ or http://taos.org/ or
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501978-taos_vacations-i ).
Get out and enjoy it!
Mike Summers